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...occurrence: the president of the Basque region routinely speaks the Basque language. But the swearing in of the Socialist López represents the first time in the three decades of Spain's democracy that the leader of the Basque region does not come from the pro-autonomy Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). As a result, every gesture - even the number of sentences he spoke in euskera - is being read for signs of how "Basque" the new Basque president will...
...Gorka Landaburu, the mere fact that a non-nationalist might hold the region's highest office represents an unprecedented recognition of Basque political diversity. "It's an important day, you could even say an historic one," says the editor of the San Sebastian-based periodical Cambio 16. "Basque society is a plural society. This election reflects that...
...political capital in an ill-fated attempt to hold a referendum on independence for the Basque country. That effort was quashed by the Spanish parliament, which judged it unconstitutional. But the Socialist victory does not necessarily mean that Basque society as a whole is becoming less nationalist. According to polls conducted by Euskobarometro, the percentage of Basques who desire independence has hovered around 30% - sometimes rising a few points, sometimes falling - since...
...biggest issue facing López, however, is the separatist group ETA, which relies on violence - the group has killed more than 800 people in its 40 year existence - to achieve its nationalist aims. The new lehendekari, or president, today promised to "erase ETA from the public space." Landaburu believes he has a better chance of doing so than his predecessors. "The PNV was always against ETA, but there was always ambiguity there too. When it served them, they would rely on the votes of ETA's supporters," he says in reference to nationalist parties like Batasuna and ANV, which...
...Image Makeover the concerns of young voters are complicated and deeply felt, but so far, India's two main parties, the centrist Congress Party and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are addressing them only superficially. For Congress, that means promoting 38-year-old Rahul Gandhi as its most visible public face. Boyishly handsome and educated abroad, Gandhi has made it his mission to bring more young people into positions of power. He has pledged to hold elections for the leadership of the Congress youth wing within two years, and pushed the party to field more candidates under...